APLit Vocab, S1L7

asperity (n.)

harshness or sharpness of tone, temper, or manner

severity

disinclination (n.)

non-wanting to do something

relunctancy, unwillingness

importune (v.)

to ask with urgency or persistence

plead, beseech, demand

impute (v.)

to represent as being done, caused, or posessed by

ascribe, attribute (v.)

iniquitous (adj.)

characterized by injustice or evil

nefarious, wicked

probity (n.)

integrity or uprightness

honesty, rectitude

propitious (adj.)

indicative of favorable conditions

auspicious, luckybeneficial or advantageous

taciturn (adj.)

inclined to silence or relunctant to join conversation

reticent, ANT: loquacious

upbraid (v.)

to criticize severely

castigate, censure, reprimand

vouchsafe (v.)

to grant give as by favour or condescension

deign, bestow